The Wolf Kiss
Keith frowned, he really didn't understand how someone could lose their memory to this extent.
Sheera laughed awkwardly, she felt that she couldn't trick Keith. But right now all she could do was keep pretending she had lost her memory like Jacob said.
Keith jumped onto the back of the dashing black horse, he stretched out his hand to Sheera. Sheera was confused and didn't know what to do with Keith's hand.
"W-what?" She was too confused about what was happening and what Keith was doing.
"What? Give me your hand!" He said. Sheera nervously gave her hand to him, who immediately took her hand and lifted her body into the air.
She was stunned, she felt like she was flying in the air. Keith even easily lifted her up and asked her to sit behind his back.
Her heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out of her body. It made her remember her memories with Ethan, when she, who had no legs, could only rely on Ethan to carry her a little further from the beach. But strangely, Keith's strength was much stronger so it seemed that Sheera's body weight was very light for him.
"He's so strong." She thought. She glanced at Keith's strong arms. He is a strange man, but has a very attractive charm.
"Hey, don't look at me like that! You're in love with me, aren't you?" Keith said confidently. She was confused, how Keith knew that she had been staring at him.
"Huh? W-who's looking at you? Why are you so confident?"
"Hahaha...that's because I know how handsome I am. You know? Every woman who sees me will definitely fall in love with me. They even give up their bodies easily. Yes, some of them are beautiful and sexy. But they're not my type, You're not my type either. So don't expect much from me, you understand?"
"Oh, I see?" She didn't want to respond too much to Keith's nonsense. He keeps bragging about himself and it's very annoying.
Even when they had traveled quite a distance to get to the edge of town, Keith was still babbling. It confused her, were men in the human world really like this? Because Ethan used to really like telling stories to her.
Ethan always looks excited when he's with her. He could talk about the many great things he had seen and experienced for hours. Sheera, who is innocent and doesn't have much knowledge about human life on land, can only be a loyal listener to him.
Recalling her memories with Ethan made her sleepy. She fell asleep on Keith's back and almost fell because she lost her balance.
"Hey, are you sleeping? Wake up...! Don't sleep or you'll fall! Hey, did you hear me?"
"Hmm...Ethan, you're so noisy-"
She was delirious and Keith immediately stopped shouting at her. He didn't know what this girl was really experiencing, but for some reason he started to feel that this would be very troublesome.
"Tch, really troublesome." He muttered. He was forced to get down and switch positions with Sheera, allowing Sheera to sit in front of him so that Sheera's head could rest on his chest. That way he could still control the horse and maintain Sheera's body position so she didn't fall.
"Troublesome girl."
Sheera smelled a very fragrant aroma and this aroma was exactly the same as the aroma of the wood in the trees on the beach where she and Ethan used to be together. This scent is even more fragrant.
She opened her eyes slowly, she was surprised to realize that she had fallen asleep in Sheera's arms, who was also sleeping with his back spread against a tree.
She was stunned, she didn't remember how long she had slept and why she woke up in Keith's arms like this. Seeing Keith's sleeping face looking annoyed made her believe that Keith was not a bad person.
She touched Keith's face and put his head in her lap. Maybe he was tired because he had taken her out of the forest which seemed very far from human settlements. She just found out that in the human world there are so many surprising things.
Sheera started singing, singing the typical song of mermaids in the ocean. Its melodious and mystical voice attracts the attention of many creatures, especially animals in the surrounding forest. One by one, rabbits and forest deer appeared from behind the bushes, peering at Sheera and Keith who were right under an old tree that was 5000 years old.
Sheera's singing made Keith wake up, his soul seemed to be taken to another strange world. A seabed that is dark, silent and full of mysterious things.
He lifted his head from Sheera's lap, realizing that Keith had woken up, Sheera immediately stopped singing. looked at her with a cold gaze, as if she felt suspicion. Every time Keith looked at her in that way, Sheera could only lower her face.
"Your voice is so beautiful." Unexpectedly, Keith actually praised her melodious voice.
"T-thank you,"
"Because you were asleep, we had to stop here. You're really troublesome!"
"I-I'm sorry."
Keith got up and immediately stretched his body. He asked Sheera to get up immediately so they could continue their journey.
"W-where are we going?" She asked. She didn't know where Keith would take her and she also hadn't given her any clues about where she would go. Keith stopped walking and turned to look at her with his hands on his hips.
"I want you to tell the truth! Who are you and why did you end up stranded on that beach?"
"Even though you keep asking, my answer remains the same. I don't know, I don't remember anything." Sheera is getting used to lying, because if she is honest, her history will definitely be finished.
Keith approached her and stood right in front of her. He looked at her with a cold gaze, making this girl numb. She was sure that now she really looked like an ordinary human being. So why is she still under suspicion?
Keith pulled her hand away and kissed her lips just like that. Sheera's eyes bulged, her body couldn't move. This was her first kiss after 80 years had passed since she and Ethan separated.
The kiss lasted for 12 seconds, she couldn't refuse, let alone fight back. Not because her body size was much smaller than Keith's, nor because she was a woman. However, there was great strength that she could feel from Keith's grip as if he was no ordinary creature.
When the kiss ended, Keith's eyes looked much colder and more terrifying. Sheera could feel her face feeling so hot and red. She was very embarrassed because only Ethan should be able to kiss her like this.
"You're not human, right? Admit it!"